analytiquevsanalytiquesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“analytique” and “analytiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,195
“analytique” frequency rank
#28,827
“analytiques” frequency rank
43022
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature analytique analytiques
Definition Qui procède par voie d’analyse ou qui contient une analyse. Pluriel de analytique.

Same sound, different letters: analytique vs analytiques

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. analytique runs 10 letters (VCVCVCVCVV) against analytiques's 11 (VCVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
analytique
11 ch
analytiques

Ear matches; page differs - analytique and analytiques

This is the hard kind. analytique and analytiques are pronounced identically (\a.na.li.tik\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “analytique” sits inside “analytiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43022, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

analytique is recorded at frequency rank #14,195, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.na.li.tik\. analytiques is at rank #28,827, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.na.li.tik\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 43022, this pair ranks #221,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of analytique vs analytiques

Shared letters: aeilnqtuy. Private to "analytique": -. Private to "analytiques": s.

"analytique" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVV  ·  "analytiques" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • analytiqueaanlytique · anallytique · analtyique · analyitque · analytiqeu · analytiqque · analytiuqe · analytqiue
  • analytiquesaanlytiques · anallytiques · analtyiques · analyitques · analytiqeus · analytiqques · analytiquess · analytiquse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "analytique" and "analytiques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\a.na.li.tik\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "analytique" or "analytiques" show up more?
"analytique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,195 in our French list, against #28,827 for "analytiques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"analytique" and "analytiques" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "analytique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "analytiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #221,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "analytique" and "analytiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "analogiques vs analytiques". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #221,196 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list